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a few did produce a few sprinkles across northern virginia, shenandoah valley and eastern virginia. we are hitting the low and mid-80s. 86 at reagan national, mid-80s in the suburbs and many of the rural areas are above 80 degrees. it is going to climb to near 90 by mid-afternoon. not too humid. moderately humid. this morning, it was near 50 in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia and a few isolated locations. most areas were in the 60s to near 70. the front has gone through. that front is bringing in blustery winds into the mountains behind that front. we will have lots of sunshine around the metro area. still, some clouds through north central virginia and southern maryland for the next several hours. it should clear out there as well. those winds will increase to 10 to 25 miles an hour by mid afternoon. that increases our fire danger. we are parched. we have tender, dry conditions and any fire gets going with those blustery winds could be turning into a wild fire. you have to watch out for that. no outside fires are allowed now. we're really in extreme fire danger
a few did produce a few sprinkles across northern virginia, shenandoah valley and eastern virginia. we are hitting the low and mid-80s. 86 at reagan national, mid-80s in the suburbs and many of the rural areas are above 80 degrees. it is going to climb to near 90 by mid-afternoon. not too humid. moderately humid. this morning, it was near 50 in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia and a few isolated locations. most areas were in the 60s to near 70. the front has gone through....
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cooler with weather to follow. >>> out of virginia, 95 northbound delays continue on to 395. 66 remains jammed from 60 towards the capital beltway. you are slowly but surely inching along. craig, back to you. >> very nicely. thank you. >>> coming up on news 4 midday, all you need to know about adhd medications. >>> we are back with more of "today" on a wednesday morning, the 8th day of september, 2010. a couple of minutes ago we were out here and it was drizzling and now it cleared up beautifully. crystal blue skies and not a cloud in it over our plaza. it moved through and now it gets windy. i was just in the midst of good news. >> maybe people like wind. >> matt lauer with mr. downer, al roker. we are with these nice people. thank you very much for sticking around. by the way, we showed you amazing video. the lion attacking a trainer at the mgm grand in las vegas. luckily for the trainer, he escaped with minor jurisdiction. he required stitches, but it could have been much, much worse. we will talk to the couple who shot this video. they were on their honeymoon at the time. they were
cooler with weather to follow. >>> out of virginia, 95 northbound delays continue on to 395. 66 remains jammed from 60 towards the capital beltway. you are slowly but surely inching along. craig, back to you. >> very nicely. thank you. >>> coming up on news 4 midday, all you need to know about adhd medications. >>> we are back with more of "today" on a wednesday morning, the 8th day of september, 2010. a couple of minutes ago we were out here and it...
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virginia's roads are much better but dropped several places from the ranking earlier. maryland ranks 43rd. on a positive note, d.c. has one of the lowest fatality rates in the nature but one of the worst when it comes to pavement condition and bridges and congestion. the study also includes the cost of highway maintenance and the condition of rural highways. despite all of the numbers in the report, it also says the overall condition of the state-owned highways nationwide is actually never been in better shape. some important numbers to note, north dakota comes in first, meanwhile, rhode island and alaska and california come in last. craig, back to you. >> elaine, thank you. the highways that you take may be getting a bad review, but the child booster seats in your car are getting higher marks. the insurance institute will release results from crash tests involving 72 different booster seats, 21 of those models will be rated as best bet. seven others will be good bets. that's a major improvement over a year ago when nine were considered best and six were considered goo
virginia's roads are much better but dropped several places from the ranking earlier. maryland ranks 43rd. on a positive note, d.c. has one of the lowest fatality rates in the nature but one of the worst when it comes to pavement condition and bridges and congestion. the study also includes the cost of highway maintenance and the condition of rural highways. despite all of the numbers in the report, it also says the overall condition of the state-owned highways nationwide is actually never been...
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virginia gets now from its abc stores. there will also be additional fees to wholesalers. the proposal triples the number of establishments that sell liquor in the state to 1,000. licenses would go to the highest bidders. mcdonald's says the minimum bids ensure the state would receive $458 million up front to devote to transportation. licenses could be auctioned in a year and new stories could start to stock their shelves by next september. >>> bp has released its report on what it believes has led to the deadly explosion. bp has taken responsibility about it said that no single company or worker is to blame. j jay zbra in lienew orleans. >> reporter: they've been dispersioning recovery funds. now it fathers company is spreading the blame for the deepwater horizon tragedy. >> there was no single acor inaction that caused the accident. >> reporter: an internal investigation released today cites eight key failures that led to the explosion and collapse of the well. most of those, according to that report, the responsibility
virginia gets now from its abc stores. there will also be additional fees to wholesalers. the proposal triples the number of establishments that sell liquor in the state to 1,000. licenses would go to the highest bidders. mcdonald's says the minimum bids ensure the state would receive $458 million up front to devote to transportation. licenses could be auctioned in a year and new stories could start to stock their shelves by next september. >>> bp has released its report on what it...
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chester, west virginia -- gary, on the republican line, go ahead. caller: democrats took hold halfway through bush's administration. our biggest problem in our free trade is our agreement is especially, with communist china. they now make almost all of our shoes, and all the products we use to make. this is chargeable to clinton's administration. we were long due to a president of color, but not obama, who augmented signing -- siding with muslims, as one himself. caller: my question goes back into history, when personal property tax, or personal income tax was involved in 1913. at that time, the federal reserve was set up. prior to 1913, my question is how did the government operate, and where did their income come from? was it deficit spending or tax cuts -- tax cuts takes money out of the general fund, deficit borrowing adds interest. host: if you want to take part in this conversation, you can go to our twitter page. this viewer says -- host: will go to texas on the republican line. good morning. caller: i am curious why the media has not investi
chester, west virginia -- gary, on the republican line, go ahead. caller: democrats took hold halfway through bush's administration. our biggest problem in our free trade is our agreement is especially, with communist china. they now make almost all of our shoes, and all the products we use to make. this is chargeable to clinton's administration. we were long due to a president of color, but not obama, who augmented signing -- siding with muslims, as one himself. caller: my question goes back...
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west virginia, carl, tea party member, what you think of this call for political pragmatism? caller: i would vote for a party that supported small government. was disappointed in george bush jr., who increased the size of government. i have been to these key party rallies as far as i can see is just a bunch of good american people who are for smaller government, they are about getting government out of the way and letting the economy boomer. i want to tell you, this is the most left-wing program i have ever seen. host: left wing? are you there? we lost him. clearwater, florida. caller: one year ago these not jobs were bringing a loaded assault rifles to peaceful town hall meetings and now they are burning books in gainesville, florida. this is crystal love -- krystalnacht all over again. host: i do not think you can make the correlation between tea party members and the preacher in florida. caller: b disagree. remember, the definition of fascism is the far right. and i will say, i call them teabaggers. they are dangerous. host: we will move on. ellen, pennsylvania. caller: go
west virginia, carl, tea party member, what you think of this call for political pragmatism? caller: i would vote for a party that supported small government. was disappointed in george bush jr., who increased the size of government. i have been to these key party rallies as far as i can see is just a bunch of good american people who are for smaller government, they are about getting government out of the way and letting the economy boomer. i want to tell you, this is the most left-wing...
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. >> 438 trees will be brought in from new york, pennsylvania and virginia, in hopes of creating tranquility in the middle of a brusling city. like a little oasis. >> the trees will rise so high that they create a beautiful canopy along the plaza. it's meant to create a peaceful environment to remember those who were lost. >> reporter: and in the heart of the world trade center site, a memorial museum. those of us who were here, will never forget those images. some of them were quite graphic. how do you go about determining what you're going to put on display? >> what happened was tragic and gruesome and -- painful isn't quite the right word. took thousands of lives. and you shouldn't sugar-coat what happened. this was an attack on freedom. not just on new york. not just on america. it was an attack on you and your right to vote and to play and to say what you want to say. and there's nothing -- no easy ways to say this. >> reporter: a continuing work of progress. the committee hopes to have the three-quarters of the site done by the tenth anniversary of 9/11. the reflecting pools, the large
. >> 438 trees will be brought in from new york, pennsylvania and virginia, in hopes of creating tranquility in the middle of a brusling city. like a little oasis. >> the trees will rise so high that they create a beautiful canopy along the plaza. it's meant to create a peaceful environment to remember those who were lost. >> reporter: and in the heart of the world trade center site, a memorial museum. those of us who were here, will never forget those images. some of them...